Kim Powers’ Solo Play Spotlights Versatile Vivian Vance’s Career by Patricia L. Morin “Sidekicked” spotlights vibrant Vivian Vance’s feelings about playing down-to-earth Ethel Mertz, second fiddle to Lucille Ball on the I Love Lucy show. It is the last performance of the show. We are drawn into Designer Michael Ross’s realistic 50s Hollywood…
Dipika Guha’s Wit Blossoms into Love with “No Regrets” by Kelly Mou & Barry David Horwitz “Getting There” opens with Edith Piaf singing “Moi, je ne regrette rien”—“Me, I regret nothing.” As the all-female cast of five vogues to Piaf’s song, they slip us into the Parisian moment that all tourists seek. French life…
Millennial Notes Jasmine Lee-Jones Balances Razor Wit & Raw Vulnerability by Beau McGlasson Award-winning Jasmine Lee-Jones brings her sharp-witted and hilarious Twitter-fueled play to the “Under the Radar Festival” at the New York Public Theater. Dynamic performances from Tia Bannon and Leanne Henlon energize Jones’s hyper-online script, bringing her surreal deep dive into online…
Lynne Nottage Pits Rigged Justice vs. Self-Empowerment by Patricia L. Morin In Berkeley Rep’s “Clyde’s,” four ex-cons fresh out of prison and a boss straight out of Dante’s Inferno beckon us to chew on the power of imaginative sandwich making. Cold-hearted, provocative Clyde (relentless April Wilson) degrades every new and inventive sandwich her subservient…